Who loves silver will not be satisfied with silver (אוֹהֵב כֶּסֶף לֹא יִשְׂבַּע כֶּסֶף)
Who loves silver will not be satisfied with silver (אוֹהֵב כֶּסֶף לֹא יִשְׂבַּע כֶּסֶף)

Who loves silver will not be satisfied with silver

A proverb emphasizing the nature of the greedy person—his craving for money is never satisfied.

(“He who loves silver will not be satisfied with silver; nor he who loves abundance, with increase—this too is vanity.” – Ecclesiastes 5:9. Also: “He was already a great and wealthy man, yet the lover of silver is never sated with silver, and he said, ‘By the time the harvest season comes, I shall reconsider.’” – S.Y. Agnon, Stories of the Baal Shem Tov, Der Reicher Moses.)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

אוֹהֵב כֶּסֶף לֹא יִשְׂבַּע כֶּסֶף

Definition (Hebrew)

פִּתְגָּם הַמַּדְגִּישׁ אֶת אָפְיוֹ שֶׁל רוֹדֵף הַבֶּצַע בְּכָךְ שֶׁתַּאֲוָתוֹ לְכֶסֶף אֵינָהּ יוֹדַעַת שֹׂבַע.

("אֹהֵב כֶּסֶף לֹא יִשְׂבַּע כֶּסֶף וּמִי אֹהֵב בֶּהָמוֹן לֹא תְבוּאָה גַּם זֶה הָבֶל" – קֹהֶלֶת ה ט, וְכֵן: "הָיָה גַּם בְּלֹא זֶה גְּבִיר גָּדוֹל, אֲבָל אֹהֵב כֶּסֶף לֹא יִשְׂבַּע כֶּסֶף, וְאָמַר עַד שֶׁיַּגִּיעוּ יְמֵי הַבָּצִיר יִתְיַשֵּׁב בַּדָּבָר" – שַׁ"י עַגְנוֹן, סִפּוּרֵי הַבֵּעשְׁ"ט, דֶּער רֶיְיכֶער מֶאזֶעס)

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